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Re: proof of what? - reviewers needed for paper
by
odolvlobo
on 04/04/2024, 18:56:16 UTC
⭐ Merited by ABCbits (2)
In general, I found your paper to be confusing. I don't know who your intended readers are but perhaps it will make more sense to them. I started out making a list of criticisms but it became too long and unwieldy. Instead, I will have to summarize.

In general, some of the conclusions seem arbitrary, some distinctions don't seem important or relevant to me, and some of the arguments do not seem well-founded or they are just unconvincing. The paper lacks coherence, a clear topic, and a clear conclusion.

  • The paper makes a strong distinctions between money, credit, and cash without explaining the importance or relevance of the distinction.
  • The paper tends to abuse the term "natural". It makes a big point about how money is naturally unique when a better description is "distinct".
  • The paper takes the term "proof of work" too literally and fails to acknowledge its economic basis.
  • The paper conflates a chain of blocks with a chain of transactions.
  • The diagrams are unnecessary.